Throw the chin well forward ready to enter the mask. Take the mask out of the satchel and seize it with both hands, the fingers gripping the edge of the mask and both thumbs pointing inwards and upwards UNDER the elastic.Open the haversack by pulling the cover forward, and grip the mask with the right hand.Unfasten the buckle of the tape which keeps the box in the haversack, and lift out the box remove the indiarubber stopper from the bottom and then put the box back in the haversack.Unbutton the snap fasteners, but keep the flap closed towards the body to protect the respirator from wet.Take the coil of whip cord out of the haversack, pass it through the ring pointing to the right of the haversack, round the body, and tie it firmly to the ring pointing to the left of the haversack.Raise the haversack on to the chest by pulling the sling with the left hand until the brass stud on the sling is low enough to button on to the leather tab on the left side of the haversack.Pass the left arm backwards through the sling so that the haversack hangs in front of the body.Instruction leaflet to explain to soldiers how to use a box respirator for protection during a gas alarm, (Catalogue ref: WO 142/183) Transcriptĭirections of use of small box respirator.Īt ordinary times, the haversack containing the Box Respirator is to be carried slung over the right shoulder, WITH THE FLAP FASTENERS NEXT THE BODY.
